- #1 Tri City Monsters
97% matchVery Positive96% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Peaches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tri City Monsters is a supernatural, monsterlovin' visual novel where you can romance and/or de-pants 3 demonic love interests. Navigate a dangerous urban jungle with their help and maybe you'll get a taste of what it means to be a monster.
Why similar: Dating Sim 17.3%, Text-Based 14.5%, Dark Humor 14.3%, LGBTQ+ 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.4%
- #2 Killer Chat! - Original Edition
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,568 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Dating Sim 20.2%, Dark Comedy 19.9%, Dark Humor 15.4%, LGBTQ+ 14.6%, Romance 7.4%
- #3 Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
96% matchVery Positive90% of 6,790 reviews2022
Dev: PsyopPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Welcome to Murderer’s Island. Your companions: four dead-sexy Killers who, underneath their murderous exteriors, just want a little romance. Flirt your way into their hearts, uncovering dark twists along the way. Will you find true love, forge friendships… or get hacked to death?
Why similar: Dating Sim 33.4%, Text-Based 17%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Romance 11.1%
- #4 Chair F*cking Simulator
95% matchVery Positive94% of 1,117 reviews2020
Dev: SoSorrySoft
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Use our innovative patented funky fresh ChairF*cker simulation tech to meet the chair of your wildest dreams.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.6%, Dating Sim 20.7%, Dark Humor 16%, LGBTQ+ 15.1%, Romance 8.8%
- #5 Courtin' Cowboys
94% matchVery Positive94% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Mrfishess
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's 1863 and you, the player, are traveling through the small western town of Summerfair. Meet up to 7 love interests and discover their deliciously dark pasts... as well as their current horrifying misdeeds.
Why similar: Dating Sim 26.4%, Text-Based 19.9%, Dark Humor 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.2%, Lore-Rich 9.6%
- #6 Love Alone Death
94% matchVery Positive98% of 441 reviews2023
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.
Why similar: Dating Sim 24.7%, LGBTQ+ 16.9%, Romance 10.9%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, First-Person 10.4%
- #7 Find Love or Die Trying
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,005 reviews2021
Dev: Sunseeker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to the only killer dating show where ending up single means ending up dead! Date or die, it's up to your choices!
Why similar: Dating Sim 48.7%, Romance 17%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Dark Humor 7.5%, Multiple Endings 5.1%
- #8 Coming Out on Top
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,400 reviews2017
Dev: Obscurasoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The acclaimed gay dating sim. Have a sweet, sexy, or bizarrely comedic adventure with the man of your choice!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 59.8%, Dating Sim 25%, Romance 5.8%, Choices Matter 3.9%, Multiple Endings 1.9%
- #9 A Date with Death
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,657 reviews2023
Dev: Two and a Half Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Why similar: Dating Sim 47.4%, LGBTQ+ 24.6%, Romance 12.8%, Text-Based 8.9%, Choices Matter 3.1%
- #10 Slasher U: An 18+ Horror Movie Dating Sim, Act 1
91% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Andi Santagata
Windows
Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.3%, Dating Sim 24.8%, LGBTQ+ 17.2%, Stylized 9.3%, Horror 8.2%
- #11 Yuri Dating Agency
91% matchVery Positive88% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Red bean Taiyaki
Windows · Mac
Yuri Dating Agency - a speed dating simulator for WLW. You're a girl who likes girls, walking into this Yuri dating agency to find yourself a date. Here, you will be able to get to know lots of girls. Will you be able to win their hearts?
Why similar: Dark Humor 18.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Dating Sim 10.3%
- #12 Bloody Painter Dating Sim
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,752 reviews2024
Dev: DeluCat Productions
Windows
You have unfortunately been captured by a serial killer, and you must increase your chances of survival within seven days. Your choices will determine how he treats you and the outcome of your relationship. What will your final relationship with him be...?
Why similar: Dating Sim 60.5%, Horror 14.4%, Romance 11.9%, First-Person 5.4%, 2D 3.9%
- #13 Landmine Princess
89% matchVery Positive91% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Jeistar
Windows
Meet Mina! She's a landmine girl! That means she's cute on the outside, but dangerous on the inside! But maybe she's the kind of danger you've always been looking for. This is a rogue fast-love dating sim. And the only sim that teaches you to be nice to girls. Or else.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.1%, Dark Humor 19.6%, Dark Comedy 17.6%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Romance 8.9%
- #14 Drops of Death
87% matchVery Positive93% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Snowhaven Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A murder mystery visual novel with a romantic twist. The killer is randomly chosen at the start of each playthrough, and you may unknowingly fall in love with them. How will your story come to its end? Will you bring the killer to justice, fall in love with them, or die at their hands?
Why similar: Dating Sim 29.2%, LGBTQ+ 21%, Text-Based 11.5%, Thriller 11.1%, Romance 10.8%
- #15 Seraphim Slum
86% matchVery Positive96% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An eerie liminal game that explores just how far an angel can fall. Play as sapphic Lucifer and corrupt angels into falling... in love with you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.3%, LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Text-Based 10.6%, Romance 10.4%
- #16 Sucker for Love: First Date
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,007 reviews2022
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.6%, Romance 17.5%, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 13.9%, Multiple Endings 6.4%
- #17 Doodle Date
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 343 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas Lives
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.9%, Dating Sim 18.2%, Dark Humor 13.7%, Text-Based 13.6%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%
- #18 Fearbonding
84% matchVery Positive96% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Night Asobu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fearbonding is a Yandere x Demon BL Horror Visual Novel. Play as Hinata, a demon, and try to tame the deranged Kosuke. Will you get to satisfy your hunger for fear through your new hunting dog or will you be the one to get devoured?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Dating Sim 19.7%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Romance 13.7%, Horror 11.4%
- #19 When The Night Comes
85% matchVery Positive93% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Lunaris Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.7%, LGBTQ+ 23.6%, Dark Humor 18.6%, Romance 12.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #20 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,130 reviews2021
Dev: Team SalvatoPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.8%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Romance 12.5%, Text-Based 11.7%, Dark Humor 10.3%
- #21 The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
83% matchVery Positive100% of 229 reviews2023
Dev: SnaccPop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.4%, Dark Humor 23.7%, LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Stylized 8.8%
- #22 Kill or Love
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,191 reviews2020
Dev: Andy Church
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about obsession, loneliness, and, based on your choices, varying amounts of murder.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Romance 21.9%, Thriller 14.2%, Horror 13.3%, Dating Sim 8.2%
- #23 Sucker for Love: Date to Die For
82% matchVery Positive95% of 1,325 reviews2024
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' Avoid the fanatical cultists and survive dangerous rituals to escape the Black Woods with your life in this 90’s anime inspired visual novel!
Why similar: Dating Sim 44.2%, Horror 15.5%, LGBTQ+ 9%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Romance 8%
- #24 Folie Fatale
81% matchVery Positive86% of 2,679 reviews2024
Dev: Kanmidoko (神海処)Pub: 346lab Localization
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
All capture targets are mentally "Jirai"(landmine)!? Meet these eccentric boys, reveal the truth beneath in this Psycho-love-horror VN!
Why similar: Dating Sim 40.9%, Thriller 19.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #25 Bewitching Sinners
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 530 reviews2024
Dev: Miss Xero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bewitching Sinners is a dark comedy dating sim where your choices will either leave you with your true love or ruin a whole world and potentially killing millions of people within it, no pressure! Explore a fantasy world full of witches, hot priests, and the occasional dance with death.
Why similar: Dating Sim 31.6%, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Dark Humor 14.6%, Romance 11.5%, 2D 5.5%
- #26 First Bite
81% matchVery Positive85% of 165 reviews2022
Dev: First Bite Games
Windows · Mac
An LGBTQ+ Vampiric Visual Novel. One Night. Three vampires. Make a deal with death or die trying.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 21.5%, Dating Sim 19%, Dark Humor 15%, Romance 13.2%
- #27 Sucker for Love: Prelude
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 527 reviews2021
Dev: AkabakaPub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
Why similar: Dating Sim 67.3%, Horror 19.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Casual 5.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #28 Midnight Shifts with Femboy
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 285 reviews2026
Dev: icanfixthatgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this sandbox visual novel, you must survive your shifts at a convenience store while being watched by an obsessive admirer. Interact with your environment and build a delicate bond with a cute yandere femboy. Your choices will determine if you can help him heal or if his love will consume you...
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Dating Sim 22.5%, Dark Humor 12.7%, Stylized 6.8%, Romance 6.8%
- #29 From Madness with Love
79% matchVery Positive90% of 522 reviews2023
Dev: JamsanpoidPub: VampireK.K.
Windows
This is a dating sim with guys you will never be on the same page with! For some reason, you just can't communicate with the guy you like... An unusual yet extraordinary experience with a cute pixel art style, fully voiced in Japanese.
Why similar: Dark Humor 30%, LGBTQ+ 24.1%, Romance 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Dating Sim 7.6%
- #30 A Killer Chat! Christmas
77% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this festive standalone addition to the satirical dating chatsim Killer Chat! series, journey through the serial killer server’s past, present & future to learn more about the gang and find the true meaning of Christmas. What's the worst that could happen?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.2%, Dating Sim 25.9%, LGBTQ+ 13.6%, Lore-Rich 11.9%, First-Person 9.3%
- #31 Hydrangea
78% matchVery Positive93% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Meiri Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A yandere psychological horror visual novel. Choose a sweetheart to romance, but beware the petals of obsession.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Lore-Rich 22.4%, Romance 12.6%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.5%
- #32 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,317 reviews2022
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)
Why similar: Dating Sim 26%, LGBTQ+ 20.4%, Dark Humor 20.2%, Text-Based 10.9%, Romance 8.8%
- #33 A Work of Art
76% matchVery Positive95% of 347 reviews2024
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
A dark, witty, psychological thriller in the horror genre, A Work of Art presents a 1-2 hour story-driven experience with Visual Novel features and RPG elements. Follow a colorful cast of quirky characters through a twisted tale of beauty and darkness; All to the sound of a Dark Original soundtrack.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.9%, LGBTQ+ 17.4%, Dark Humor 16.7%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Horror 9.6%
- #34 MindMindMind
77% matchVery Positive97% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: ChattercapPub: Chattercap LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark, psychological romance VN about a British ghost who has haunted you since childhood. When you get close to a new boy at college, he starts to get possessive, and the mind games begin!
Why similar: Dating Sim 43.8%, LGBTQ+ 31.1%, Romance 13.1%, Choices Matter 5.8%, Multiple Endings 4.9%
- #35 Criminally Yours
75% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.
Why similar: Text-Based 29.6%, Romance 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.7%, Dark Humor 10.2%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #36 Money for Girls: Amortized
72% matchVery Positive98% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: PorpentinePub: INNOCENT Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl detective faces her darkest mystery yet, in this horror-romance visual novel with stickers, fashion, and bad ends.
Why similar: Dating Sim 27.3%, LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Text-Based 14.9%, Romance 12.3%, Horror 11.2%
- #37 OnlyCans: Thirst Date
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,080 reviews2021
Dev: OnlyCans TeamPub: Stupendium Softworks
Windows
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.5%, Dating Sim 23.5%, LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, First-Person 5.5%
- #38 Trapped with Jester
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,579 reviews2022
Dev: AntaPub: Neoclassic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.7%, Text-Based 20.3%, Dark Humor 19.6%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Horror 9.1%
- #39 Mythic Love: Iberian Legends
71% matchVery Positive93% of 260 reviews2026
Dev: Platonic Games
Windows · Mac
Think you can handle a little romance with creatures from Spanish folklore? ❤️🔥 Careful: your love life isn’t the only thing at stake at Mythic Love: Iberian Legends.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.4%, LGBTQ+ 31.5%, Romance 18.5%, Casual 6.8%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #40 Otome Legends
74% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: Jagaimo Studios
Windows · Linux
Play a dating sim inside of a dating sim to become an otome heroine protagonist. Nothing can possible go wrong... right?
Why similar: Dating Sim 42.1%, Text-Based 20.2%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 16.8%, Story Rich 1.7%
- #41 Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,243 reviews2022
Dev: DirectDoggo
Windows
If you've ever wanted to romantically pursue a phone, then hot DARN, do I have just the game for you.
Why similar: Dating Sim 46.2%, LGBTQ+ 25.9%, Casual 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, 2D 1.4%
- #42 Lover's Enigma
71% matchVery Positive92% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: FallenCranberry StudioPub: Okasan's Recipe
Windows · Mac
In Lover's Enigma , you investigate your husband's mysterious death while balancing complex relationships and personal trauma. Navigate a web of secrets involving a hidden cult and key characters. Your choices shape the story and lead to multiple endings.
Why similar: Dating Sim 37%, Romance 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 12%, 2D 7.1%
- #43 Hotel Tutwin
75% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Roxiano Creations
Windows · Mac
Hotel Tutwin is a visual novel designed for horror / romance lovers, but can also be quirky and cute. Each story line is quick and to-the-point, but there are many to discover. Prepare for inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.1%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Text-Based 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.9%, Romance 11.4%
- #44 Little Goody Two Shoes
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,516 reviews2023
Dev: AstralShiftPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Venture into the woods as you play Little Goody Two Shoes, a phantasmagorical horror narrative adventure where all your decisions matter!
Why similar: Dating Sim 32.9%, LGBTQ+ 26.4%, Horror 14.2%, Romance 7.9%, 2D 6%
- #45 Serial Lover
69% matchVery Positive91% of 182 reviews2026
Dev: Sugar Slip
Windows
A dating sim rhythm game where you seduce serial killers!
Why similar: Dating Sim 68.1%, Casual 31.9%
- #46 DEEPER CREEPER LUST🐙😱
73% matchMixed56% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Creep Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Embark on a captivating odyssey in "DEEPER CREEPER LUST" – where the sea holds secrets, and every choice you make shapes the course of an unforgettable adventure. Are you ready to plunge into the depths of mystery and magic?
Why similar: Dating Sim 44.2%, Horror 16.1%, Dark Comedy 13%, Romance 11.3%, Psychological Horror 11%
- #47 Repurpose
71% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Repurpose Studios
Windows · Mac
You and several others have passed away. You have three options: either take the trials to earn your place in Heaven, live it up in Hell, or remain lost in Limbo for the rest of eternity. Repurpose is an LGBT+ positive dating sim about death, love, and finding your purpose.
Why similar: Dating Sim 35.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.3%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Stylized 14%, Casual 7%
- #48 Demonheart: Hunters
72% matchVery Positive84% of 299 reviews2020
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.
Why similar: Dating Sim 30.8%, LGBTQ+ 22.2%, Dark Humor 21.6%, Romance 13.7%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #49 Our Wonderland
67% matchVery Positive100% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: CarrotPub: Project Ensō
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horror-romance visual novel following the trials of a dysfunctional friend group thrust back into the wish-granting wonderland of their youth. Either they face the issues plaguing them or risk dying in horrific ways again… and again… and again.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Dating Sim 25.1%, Romance 14.6%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 10.6%
- #50 Purgatory’s Flower
67% matchVery Positive95% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Dating Sim 44.6%, First-Person 18.2%, Romance 14.5%, Horror 13.8%, 2D 8.9%
- #51 Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,131 reviews2020
Dev: Beautiful Glitch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
"Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected!
Why similar: Dating Sim 25.6%, Dark Comedy 22.1%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Text-Based 15%, Romance 7.6%
- #52 Curse or Love
66% matchVery Positive91% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: 小橘子糖_official
Windows
A Denpa Bishoujo Psychological Horror Curio: A Visual Novel ❦ Mild Horror, Mild Suspense, and a Hint of Whimsical Madness ❦ We Hope You Find Your Own "Happy Ending" Among Multiple Conclusions ❦ A Major Plot Twist, Perhaps? ❦ Glimpse a sliver of truth in the liminal space between life and death.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.1%, Thriller 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.5%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Casual 7.8%
- #53 Fetish Locator Week One
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,524 reviews2020
Dev: ViNovella Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Play as a young college student exploring love, lust, and sexual fetishes with the hottest women in town. Score points in the Fetish Locator app, which has taken the campus by storm. Make choices and decide the fate of the story in Fetish Locator!
Why similar: Dating Sim 53.2%, LGBTQ+ 27.4%, Romance 10%, Choices Matter 4.2%, Multiple Endings 1.9%
- #54 Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,647 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Panda Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 82.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A Visual Novel with a twist - improve skills, charm girls, and learn dangerous secrets... by any means necessary.
Why similar: Dating Sim 57.9%, Romance 14.2%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.4%, 2D 2.9%
- #55 Tsunagari Chess School
68% matchMixed68% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: Mintkuru
Windows
Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?
Why similar: Dating Sim 37.9%, Thriller 16.8%, Psychological Horror 16%, First-Person 11.5%, 2D 6.5%
- #56 Dead Wishes
70% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: VIOLET
Windows · Mac
In this chaotic world, you must adapt - either to forgive or survive. A thriller-romance indie visual novel/dating simulator.
Why similar: Romance 34.2%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, LGBTQ+ 25.6%, Horror 11.6%
- #57 Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 578 reviews2020
Dev: EyeguysPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A visual novel about an abusive relationship, idealization, and intimacy. Live a summer of dysfunctional love through branching storylines, twists, sudden changes, and an innovative mechanic where you choose which senses to use with your boyfriend.
Why similar: Dating Sim 28.8%, LGBTQ+ 28%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Romance 12%, Horror 10%
- #58 Lovingly Evil
69% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Lizard Hazard GamesPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash your inner villain and head over to the Villain Conference, the one and only interdimensional business event for evildoers! Who knows, maybe you'll even find a partner - whether it's in crime or love…
Why similar: Romance 27%, LGBTQ+ 27%, Dating Sim 25%, Casual 7%, Multiple Endings 4.3%
- #59 Demonheart: The Cursed Trial
65% matchVery Positive91% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac
You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?
Why similar: Dating Sim 46.8%, Romance 20.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Casual 7.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
- #60 TOY BOX
67% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: DEADline Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pull-apart puzzle visual novel whose fragments stitch the story together.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27%, Text-Based 19.5%, First-Person 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.5%, Horror 8.4%